- Website
- bear.app
- Social media
- @bearnotesapp
About Bear
Bear is a beautiful, powerfully simple Markdown note-taking app for capturing, writing, and organizing notes across Mac, iPhone, and iPad. It serves writers, researchers, and organized note-takers who want a flexible, aesthetically pleasing workspace for notes and prose.
Key Features
Bear supports a fast Markdown workflow you can use across devices for drafting prose, collecting research, or planning projects. It helps you organize ideas and access notes where you work:
Seamless Markdown
Work with text, photos, tables, and todo lists, all in the same note, using simple Markdown that adapts to any situation.
Organize easily
Tag notes, plan your week, write a book, or build a wiki, with fast native apps that keep pace whether you’re online or off.
iCloud sync
Your notes stay up-to-date across all your devices automatically.
Private security
Your notes are between you and iCloud—we can’t see anything, with optional encryption and support for Apple’s Advanced Data Protection.
Summary
Best for writers, researchers, and organized teams who need a flexible, cross-device Markdown workspace for notes, drafting, and planning.
